Onna kyuketsuki (1959)

Original title

女吸血鬼

Directed by

Nobuo Nakagawa

Genre

horror film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 18m

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

In 1959 Tokyo, a vampire preys on victims. The story follows his attacks and the people who try to stop him.

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What happens

Onna kyūketsuki (女吸血鬼, ''Onna kyūketsuki''? lit. "La dama vampiro") es una película de 1959 del director japonés Nobuo Nakagawa. Es un J-Horror, considerado el primero con una figura de vampiro al estilo occidental y ciertamente uno de los primeros en el que la ambientación es contemporánea. ​ A pesar del título, el vampiro protagonista es un hombre. Internacionalmente la película también es conocida como The Lady Vampire (La dama vampiro). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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